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Jul 26, 2008 at 12:01 AM

Editor, the Tribune: I would like to propose something for those folks who believe war solves problems. While there are clear moral and humanitarian reasons not to launch an attack on Iran, as our president seems determined to do, one certainty is that it would be disastrous for the U.S. economy. Our economy, by all accounts, is surely in trouble, and the destabilizing effect of yet another military conflict in the region would have serious domestic effects, including an increase in the already high cost of oil. Thus, even from a perspective of pure self-interest, the idea of attacking Iran is disastrously stupid. Let's tell Congress and President George W. Bush that this must not happen.

Ruth Schaefer

2756 County Road 338

New Bloomfield

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